Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge

Humanitas is a series of Visiting Professorships at Oxford and Cambridge intended to bring leading practitioners and scholars to both universities to address major themes in the arts, social sciences and humanities. Created by Lord Weidenfeld, the Programme is managed and funded by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue with the support of a series of generous benefactors and administered by the Humanities Division in Oxford and the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) in Cambridge.

Humanitas will welcome some twenty Visiting Professors, who will be appointed for a given academic year and invited to deliver a series of lectures, followed by a related symposium, workshop or masterclass for graduate students.

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Episode	Description	People	Date
Interview with Tom Stoppard	Award-winning playwright Tom Stoppard talks about the role of diversity in theatre	Tom Stoppard	19 July, 2016
Tom Stoppard Q&A	Award-winning playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard Q&A with Professor Dame Hermione Lee.	Tom Stoppard, Hermione Lee	11 July, 2016
Tom Stoppard Lecture	Award-winning playwright Tom Stoppard delivers a public lecture	Tom Stoppard	5 July, 2016
Simon Schama on Public History	What does hip hop have in common with Herodotus? In this lecture celebrated historian Simon Schama explores the tradition of public history drawing on Walter Scott, Thomas Carlyle, Winston Churchill and Lin-Manuel Miranda.	Simon Schama	20 May, 2016
The Past and its Publics	Simon Schama, Craig Clunas and Margaret MacMillan tackle the thorny question of how the past should interact with the public, or publics, who consume it.	Simon Schama, Margaret MacMillan, Craig Clunas	20 May, 2016
Kapellmeister or Conductor	Part of the Christian Thielemann Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Opera Studies 2015-2016	Christian Thielemann, Roger Allen	23 February, 2016
Performing Opera	Part of the Christian Thielemann Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Opera Studies 2015-2016	Christian Thielemann, Roger Allen, Matthew Reese, Peter Franklin, Barry Millington, Barbara Eichner	23 February, 2016
Regietheater Revisited	Part of the Christian Thielemann Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Opera Studies 2015-2016	Christian Thielemann, Peter Franklin, Barry Millington, Suzanne Aspden	23 February, 2016
A Conductor's Point of View	A lecture by Christian Thielemann	Christian Thielemann	22 February, 2016
Humanities. Are they important?	Humanitas Visting Professor Stephen Greenblatt discusses whether humanities are important.	Stephen Greenblatt	17 November, 2015
Between Art and Architecture	A lecture by celebrated artist Maya Lin	Maya Lin	6 August, 2015
Rationality versus emotionality in the century of extremes	Professor Ute Frevert discusses rationality vs emotionality with a response from Professor Barbara Rosenwein	Ute Frevert, Barbara Rosenwein	19 May, 2015
How can there be a history of emotions?	Professor Barbara Rosenwein explores the history of emotions	Barbara Rosenwein, Ute Frevert	19 May, 2015
Challenges Facing American Intelligence	Professor John McLaughlin discusses Challenges facing American Intelligence	John McLaughlin	19 May, 2015
An Intelligence Officer Looks at Terrorism: Where it's Been, Where it's heading	Professor John McLaughlin looks at Terrorism in the 21st Century	John McLaughlin	19 May, 2015
Generations of Feeling	Barbara Rosenwein discusses the generations of feeling	Barbara Rosenwein	18 May, 2015
Between the artist and the museum	A symposium with Vik Muniz and Michael Govan (Chief Executive Officer and Wallis Annenberg Director, Los Angeles County Museum of Art) Chaired by Paul Hobson (Director, Modern Art Oxford)	Vik Muniz, Michael Govan, Wallis Annenberg, Paul Hobson	11 August, 2014
Class dismissed... Art, creativity and education	A lecture by Vik Muniz, Humanitas Visiting Professor in Contemporary Arts	Vik Muniz	11 August, 2014
Renée Fleming, "In Conversation"	Humanitas Visiting Professor in Opera Studies Renée Fleming, in conversation with Edward Seckerson.	Renée Fleming, Edward Seckerson	10 July, 2014
Kelly Reichardt "In Conversation"	Filmmaker and Humanitas Visiting Professor in Film and Television, Kelly Reichardt, in conversation about her films.	Kelly Reichardt	12 June, 2014
Histories of the Self	A roundtable discussion with Lynn Hunt (Humanitas Visiting Professor in Historiography), Lyndal Roper (Regius Professor of History) and Elleke Boehmer (Professor of World Literature in English).	Lynn Hunt, Lyndal Roper, Elleke Boehmer	29 May, 2014
The French Revolution in a Global Perspective	A lecture by the Humanitas Visiting Professor in Historiography, Lynn Hunt.	Lynn Hunt	29 May, 2014
Do Human Rights Need a History?	Lynn Hunt (Humanitas Visiting Professor in Historiography) in discussion with Sandra Fredman (Rhodes Professor of Law & Co-Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Human Rights for Future Generations)	Lynn Hunt, Sandra Fredman	29 May, 2014
Michael Govan lecture - "A View from the Pacific: Re-envisioning the Art Museum"	The Director of the Los Angeles County Museum gives a talk for the Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Museums, Galleries and Libraries. Chaired by Christopher Brown (Director, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford).	Michael Govan, Christopher Brown	28 May, 2014
General Hayden, Lecture: "Terrorism and Islam's Civil War: Whither the Threat?"	Former Director of the National Security Agency and Central Intelligence Agency General Hayden gives a talk for the Humanitas visiting professorship in Intelligence Studies and Islamism	Michael Hayden	25 February, 2014
General Hayden, Lecture: "My Government, My Security and Me"	Former Director of the National Security Agency and Central Intelligence Agency General Hayden gives a talk for the Humanitas visiting professorship in Intelligence Studies	Michael Hayden	25 February, 2014
Rowan Williams, Lecture: ‘Faith and Human Flourishing: religious belief and ideals of maturity’?	Rowan Williams, visiting professor in Interfaith Studies, gives a lecture on religious beliefs and human flourishing	Rowan Williams	12 February, 2014
Rowan Williams, In Conversation with Jon Snow	Rowan Williams, visiting professor in Interfaith Studies, in conversation with Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow	Rowan Williams, Jon Snow	12 February, 2014
Rowan Williams; Faith, Force and Authority: does religious belief change our understanding of how power works in society?	Dr Williams, Master of Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, gives a talk on religious belief and how it relates to power in sociey	Rowan Williams	12 February, 2014
Imogen Cooper In Concert: Recital: Schubert	Imogen Cooper, Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Classical Music and Music Education gives a recital of Schubert's 4 Impromptus D899, Sonata in a minor D784, 11 Ecossaises D781, Sonata in D major D850.	Imogen Cooper	17 September, 2013
Imogen Cooper: Masterclass	Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Classical Music and Music Education, Imogen Cooper, gives a piano masterclass to students.	Imogen Cooper	17 September, 2013
The Domain of the Poem: Lyric, Sign, Meaning and Rhythm in Contemporary Ars Poetica (4)	Don Paterson, acclaimed poet, gives the fourth and final lecture for Humanitas lecture series on Comparative European Literature.	Don Paterson	24 July, 2013
The Domain of the Poem: Lyric, Sign, Meaning and Rhythm in Contemporary Ars Poetica (3)	Don Paterson, acclaimed poet, gives the third lecture for Humanitas lecture series on Comparative European Literature.	Don Paterson	24 July, 2013
The Domain of the Poem: Lyric, Sign, Meaning and Rhythm in Contemporary Ars Poetica (2)	Don Paterson, acclaimed poet, gives the second lecture for Humanitas lecture series on Comparative European Literature.	Don Paterson	24 July, 2013
In conversation: Music theatre between opera and drama - Contemporary opera, modern staging, bad or good public.	Gerard Mortier in conversation with Ashutosh Khandekar, Editor of Opera Now followed by a roundtable discussion with Hugo Shirley, Deputy-Editor of Opera magazine.	Gerard Mortier, Ashutosh Khandekar, Hugo Shirley	17 June, 2013
In conversation 'Mozart, our contemporary'	Gerard Mortier in discussion with Adeline Mueller, Weston Junior Research Fellow (Music), about Mozart and his influence on Classical music as part of the Humanitas lecture series on Opera Studies.	Gerard Mortier, Adeline Mueller	17 June, 2013
The Salzburg Festival - circa 100 years after Hofmannsthal's idea about the festival	Gerard Mortier gives a lecture about Opera for the Humanitas lecture series on Opera Studies.	Gerard Mortier	17 June, 2013
Acting Masterclass: "Lend me your ears"	A practical Masterclass with Greg Doran from the Royal Shakespeare Company on how Shakespeare spins rhetoric for the actor, with Sam Leith, journalist and writer, and author of 'You Talkin' to Me'. Students from Oxford University Drama Society take part.	Gregory Doran, Sam Leith	7 June, 2013
Acting Masterclass: 'Pyramus, you begin'	A practical Masterclass looking at what clues Shakespeare puts into the verse for the actor. Students from Oxford University Drama Society will take part in the masterclass with an audience.	Gregory Doran	7 June, 2013
The Domain of the Poem: Lyric, Sign, Meaning and Rhythm in Contemporary Ars Poetica (1)	Don Paterson, acclaimed poet, gives a lecture for Humanitas lecture series on Comparative European Literature.	Don Paterson	28 May, 2013
Film Workshop: the cinema of Michael Winterbottom	Filmmaker Michael Winterbottom hosts a workshop on Film for the Humanitas lecture series on Film and Television.	Michael Winterbottom	28 May, 2013
Michael Winterbottom in Conversation: Genres, Adaptation and Contemporary Cinema	Filmmaker Michael Winterbottom gives a talk for the Humanitas lecture series on Film and Television.	Michael Winterbottom, Eugene Rogan, Laura Marcus, Andrew Klevan, Nikolaj Lubeckle	28 May, 2013
Our Religious Traditions in a long Historical Perspective	Professor Abdou Filali-Ansary gives a lecture for the Humanitas lecture series on Interfaith Studies.	Abdou Filali-Ansary	28 May, 2013
Two Concepts of Sharia?	Professor Abdou Filali-Ansary gives a lecture for the Humanitas lecture series on Interfaith Studies.	Abdou Filali-Ansary	28 May, 2013
One Century of 'Liberal islam': Where do we find ourselves now?	Professor Abdou Filali-Ansary gives a lecture for the Humanitas lecture series on Interfaith Studies.	Abdou Filali-Ansary	28 May, 2013
Resisting Apologetics: What can we learn from Ibn Rushd and our contemporaries?	Professor Abdou Filali-Ansary gives a lecture for the Humanitas lecture series on Interfaith Studies.	Abdou Filali-Ansary	28 May, 2013
Performance - interpretation or identification? Symposium	Symposium with Imogen Cooper actor, Simon Callow, musicologist, Professor Eric Clarke and Professor Jason Stanyek.	Imogen Cooper, Simon Callow, Eric Clarke, Jason Stanyek	28 May, 2013
The Hidden Power of the Re-Creative Process in Music	Imogen Cooper, 'Recognized worldwide as a pianist of virtuosity and poetic poise', gives a lecture for the Humanitas lecture series on Classical Music and Music Education.	Imogen Cooper	28 May, 2013
Albert Hourani Revisited: Arabic and Indian thought in the Liberal Age	Professor Sir Christopher Bayly gives a talk for the Humanitas Lecture series on Historigraphy.	Sir Christopher Bayly	28 May, 2013
Marshall G S Hodgson, Islam and World History	Professor Sir Christopher Bayly gives a talk for the Humanitias lecture series in Historiography with a response from Dr Faisal Devji.	Sir Christopher Bayly, Faisal Devji	28 May, 2013
Pictures and Texts	A symposium with William Kentridge, Ivo Mesquita and Estrella de Diego Otero, chaired by Shearer West on Thursday 9 May 2013 in the Grove Auditorium, Magdalen College, Oxford.	William Kentridge, Ivo Mesquita, Estrella de Diego Otero, Shearer West	28 May, 2013
Thinking on one's feet and Museums: experience versus numbers	Double inaugural lecture with William Kentridge and Ivo Mesquita, chaired by Seamus Perry.	William Kentridge, Ivo Mesquita, Seamus Perry	28 May, 2013
In Conversation: Writing the History of Reason	Professor Lorraine Daston in conversation with Professor Sally Shuttleworth.	Lorraine Daston, Sally Shuttleworth, John Christie	28 May, 2013
Symposium - The New History of Scientific Experience: Observing, Experimenting, Collecting, Representing and Reading in Early Modern Europe	With Professor Lorraine Daston, Dr Simon Werrett (UCL), Dr Rhodri Lewis (Oxford), Dr Sachiko Kusukawa (Cambridge) and Prof Martin Mulsow (Erfurt), chaired by Prof Laurence Brockliss (Oxford).	Lorraine Daston, Simon Werrett, Rhodri Lewis, Sachiko Kusukawa, Martin Mulsow, Laurence Brockliss	28 May, 2013
Inaugural Lecture - Nature's Revenge: A History of Risk, Responsibility, and Reasonableness	Director of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science: Professor Lorraine Daston gives her inaugural lecture at Merton College.	Lorraine Daston	28 May, 2013
Mark Thompson (Symposium): Politics and Language - Friends or Enemies?	Symposium following Mark Thompson's series of talks for the Humanitas Programme. With Polly Toynbee, Gus O'Donnell, David Willetts MP and chaired by Andrew Marr.	Mark Thompson, Polly Toynbee, Gus O'Donnell, David Willetts, Andrew Marr	15 November, 2012
Mark Thompson: Not in my name	In his third lecture, Mark Thompson looks at what happens when modern rhetoric and morality collide, taking the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as his principal examples.	Mark Thompson	15 November, 2012
Mark Thompson: Consign it to the flames	Almost everyone accepts that science is our most authoritative guide to understanding the world so why is it so disputed when it comes to public policy? Mark Thompson examines what's happened to the 'argument from authority' in modern rhetoric.	Mark Thompson	15 November, 2012
Mark Thompson: Inaugural Lecture - Is Plato winning the argument?	Drawing in particular on recent examples from American and British healthcare reform, Mark Thompson asks whether the language of politics is changing in ways which threaten public understanding of and engagement with the most important issues of the day.	Mark Thompson	15 November, 2012
Lessons on Capital Flows and Financial Stability	Professor Hyun Song Shin, Hughes-Rogers Professor of Economics at Princeton University, gives a talk for the Humanitas Professorship on Economic Thought.	Hyun Song Shin	12 November, 2012
Lessons for banking reform	Professor Sir John Vickers, Warden All Souls College, gives a workshop on Economic thought looking at banking reform.	Sir John Vickers	10 November, 2012
Lessons of The Crisis 2007-2012	Stanley Fischer, Govenor of the Bank of Israel and Humanitas Visiting Professor of Economic Thought, gives a talk for the Humanitas program.	Stanley Fischer	10 November, 2012
Christopher Brown and Malcom Rogers in conversation	Malcolm Rogers and Dr Brown, the Director of the Ashmolean Museum, will discuss and compare their experiences of overseeing the extensive renovations of the Ashmolean Museum and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.	Christopher Brown, Malcom Rogers	19 June, 2012
Malcolm Rogers: The Art Museum in the 21st Century	Malcolm Rogers (Ann and Graham Gund Director, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) delivers a lecture as Visiting Professor in Museums Galleries and Libraries.	Malcolm Rogers	19 June, 2012
The Holocaust, Narrative and Remembrance - Part Two	Part 2/2. Workshop with Prof Dan Stone (RHUL), Paul Salmons (the IOE's Centre for Holocaust Education) and Prof Mark Roseman (Indiana University).	Dan Stone, Paul Salmons, Mark Roseman	19 June, 2012
The Holocaust, Narrative and Remembrance - Part One	Part 1/2. Workshop with with Prof Dan Stone (RHUL), Paul Salmons (the IOE's Centre for Holocaust Education) and Prof Mark Roseman (Indiana University).	Dan Stone, Paul Salmons, Mark Roseman	19 June, 2012
Saul Friedländer in conversation	A discussion forum on writing Holocaust history with Prof Jane Caplan (St Antony's College, Oxford), Prof Mark Roseman (Indiana University) and Prof Nicholas Stargardt (Magdalen College, Oxford).	Saul Friedländer, Jane Caplan, Mark Roseman, Nicholas Stargardt	19 June, 2012
Saul Friedländer: Trends in the historiography of the Holocaust	Professor Saul Friedländer delivers a lecture as the inaugural Humanitas Visiting Professor in Historiography.	Saul Friedländer	19 June, 2012
Masterclass - Climate Change: Justice and Benefit	Final of four masterclass sessions on Economic Thought. With Professor John Broome (White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford University).	John Broome	18 June, 2012
Masterclass with Professor Sir Robert Watson	Third of four masterclass sessions on Economic Thought. With Professor Sir Robert Watson (inaugural Humanitas Visiting Professor in Economic Thought).	Robert Watson	18 June, 2012
Sir Partha Dasgupta: Masterclass - The Idea of Personhood in Intergenerational Well-Being	Second of four masterclass sessions on Economic Thought. With Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta (inaugural Humanitas Visiting Professor in Economic Thought).	Partha Dasgupta	18 June, 2012
Sir Partha Dasgupta: Masterclass - Discounting Climate Change	First of four masterclass sessions on Economic Thought. With Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta (inaugural Humanitas Visiting Professor in Economic Thought).	Partha Dasgupta	18 June, 2012
Sir Partha Dasgupta: The Ethics of Intergenerational Distribution	Inaugural lecture by Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta, Humanitas Visiting Professor in Economic Thought.	Partha Dasgupta	18 June, 2012
Joseph Volpe: Opera - past, present and future.	Joseph Volpe (Humanitas Visiting Professor in Opera Studies) in conversation with William Conner (former Director of Development for the San Fransisco Opera).	Joseph Volpe, William Conner	18 June, 2012
Joseph Volpe: Whither Opera in the 21st Century?	Inaugural address by Joseph Volpe, Visiting Professor in Opera Studies.	Joseph Volpe	18 June, 2012
Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: Symposium - Making Space (does the Judaic model make sense in Christianity and Islam?)	Symposium following the lectures delivered by Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks (Visiting Professor in Interfaith Studies 2011-2012) on the subject of 'Making Space: A Jewish Theology of the Other'.	Jonathan Sacks, Janet Soskice, Abdou Filali-Ansari, Guy Stroumsa	24 April, 2012
Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: The face of the other - the curious nature of biblical narrative	Third of three lectures delivered by Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks (Visiting Professor in Interfaith Studies 2011-2012) on the subject of 'Making Space: A Jewish Theology of the Other'.	Jonathan Sacks	24 April, 2012
Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: Truth and translatability	Second of three lectures delivered by Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks (Visiting Professor in Interfaith Studies 2011-2012) on the subject of 'Making Space: A Jewish Theology of the Other'.	Jonathan Sacks	24 April, 2012
Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: After Babel - A Jewish theology of interfaith	First of three lectures delivered by Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks (Visiting Professor in Interfaith Studies 2011-2012) on the subject of 'Making Space: A Jewish Theology of the Other'.	Jonathan Sacks	24 April, 2012
Vanessa Redgrave: Speak What We Feel Not What We Ought To Say - (Part 2.2) Antony and Cleopatra	Vanessa Redgrave (Humanitas Visiting Professor in Drama 2011-2012) delivers the second of two lectures focused on the theme of Theatre and Politics.	Vanessa Redgrave	24 April, 2012
Vanessa Redgrave: Speak What We Feel Not What We Ought To Say - (Part 2.1) Antony and Cleopatra	Vanessa Redgrave (Humanitas Visiting Professor in Drama 2011-2012) delivers the second of two lectures focused on the theme of Theatre and Politics.	Vanessa Redgrave	24 April, 2012
Vanessa Redgrave: Speak What We Feel Not What We Ought To Say - (Part 1.2) King Lear - Panel Discussion	Panel discussion following Vanessa Redgrave's first lecture focused on the theme of Theatre and Politics.	Vanessa Redgrave, Carlo Nero, Fred Harrison, Robert Holtom	24 April, 2012
Vanessa Redgrave: Speak What We Feel Not What We Ought To Say - (Part 1.1) King Lear	Vanessa Redgrave (Humanitas Visiting Professor in Drama 2011-2012) delivers the first of two lectures focused on the theme of Theatre and Politics.	Vanessa Redgrave	24 April, 2012
Symposium on the Future of Airport Capacity	Symposium with Lord Foster, Huw Thomas, Louise Congdon, Dr Richard Broderick and Chris Moores. Chaired by Professor David Banister.	Lord Foster, Huw Thomas, Louise Congdon, Richard Broderick, Chris Moores, David Banister	21 December, 2011
Noman Foster: Heritage and Lessons	Lord Foster, Humanitas Visiting Professor in Architecture 2011, speaking on 'Heritage and Lessons', November 2011.	Norman Foster	13 December, 2011
Religion and the (Un)translatability of Cultures	Professor Jan Assmann gives the first lecture in the Visiting Professorship in Interfaith Studies as part of the Humanitas lecture series.	Jan Assmann	19 July, 2011
The museums and the artist	A symposium with Glenn D. Lowry, Thomas Struth (Artist), Neil MacGregor (Director, The British Museum) and Penelope Curtis (Director, Tate Britain) held at the Said Business School on 5th May 2011.	Glenn D. Lowry, Thomas Struth, Neil MacGregor, Penelope Curtis	8 June, 2011
The abodes of the muses: theorising the modern art museum	Glenn D. Lowry, Director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, gives a talk on Museums for the Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge series.	Glenn D Lowry	6 June, 2011
Norman Foster: Symposium on the Future of Cities - Discussion and Concluding Remarks	Discussion and concluding remarks from Lord Foster to end the half-day symposium on the future of cities.	John Ockendon, Malcolm McCulloch, Steve Rayner, David Banister, David Howard, Norman Foster	2 February, 2011
Norman Foster: Symposium on the Future of Cities	This half-day symposium, convened by the School of Geography and the Environment, addresses themes arising from Lord Foster's lecture, focusing on the city of the future and includes internationally distinguished panelists from Oxford and beyond.	John Ockendon, Malcolm McCulloch, Steve Rayner, David Banister	2 February, 2011
Norman Foster: Lecture	Lord Foster delivers his inaugural lecture as Humanitas Visiting Professor of Architecture at the University of Oxford, asking how do we sustainably accommodate larger populations in cities in a way that does not recklessly deplete natural resources?	Norman Foster	2 February, 2011
Athol Fugard: "Defining Moments"	Humanitas Inaugural Keynote Lecture - Athol Fugard: "Defining Moments" - in his life and work. Venue: Simpkins Lee Lecture Theatre, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.	Athol Fugard	2 February, 2011
Athol Fugard: Playing Fugard	Athol Fugard in conversation with award-winning South African actors Janet Suzman and John Kani. Venue: Gulbenkian Theatre, St Cross Building, Oxford.	Athol Fugard, Janet Suzman, John Kani	2 February, 2011
Athol Fugard: The Playwriting Process	Athol Fugard in conversation with playwrights Jez Butterworth (Jerusalem) and Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Her Naked Skin). Venue: Simpkins Lee Lecture Theatre, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.	Athol Fugard, Jez Butterworth, Rebecca Lenkiewicz	2 February, 2011

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